Akuliakattagmiut

Akuliakattagmiut were a geographically defined Copper Inuit subgroup in the Canadian territory of Nunavut.[1] They were located near Cape Bexley on the south shore, mainland side of Dolphin and Union Strait,[2] and in the vicinity of the Melville Hills' Akuliakattak Lake, the source of the Rae River.[3]

Culture

Akuliakattagmiut wore more seal than other Copper Inuit. They did not wear belts at the hips, rather their pants come to the waist.

According to Vilhjalmur Stefansson, the Akuliakattagmiut showed fear of guns, while other Inuit did not. All of their tools were sharp: iron snow knives, ulus; steel whittling knives, crooked knives, needles; copper ice picks; and metal scrappers.

Some Akuliakattagmiut songs were of Uallirnergmiut origin.[4] Their trade partners included the Haneragmiut and the Puiplirmiut.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Stefansson, Vilhjalmur (1914). The Stefánsson-Anderson Arctic Expedition of the American Museum: Preliminary Ethnological Report. New York: The Trustees of the American Museum. p. 26. OCLC 13626409.
  2. ↑ "II. Central Eskimo". canadiangenealogy.net. Archived from the original on 2 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-31.
  3. ↑ Stefansson, V. (1914-12-30). "Prehistoric and Present Commerce among the Arctic Coast Eskimo". Geological Survey Museum Bulletin 6: 14.
  4. ↑ American Museum of Natural History (1914). Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History 14. pp. 241–256. OCLC 1116815.
  5. ↑ "Fear of Guns". svs.is. Retrieved 2008-10-31.
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